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Bright Star

Saturday, September 13 - Sunday, November 2

Music by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Lyrics by Edie Brickell Book by Steve Martin Based on an original story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Directed by Walter Bobbie

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Summary

CRITIC’S CHOICE!“Steve Martin and Edie Brickell push the
edges of the form with fresh ideas!”
James Hebert, U-T San Diego

“Bright Star seduces! With alluring music, it has forthright
and sentimental appeal as well as plain-spoken charm.”
Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

“The music is uplifting!
Audiences will go home happy.”
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times

“Superbly extraordinary!
A beautiful journey of joy, discovery, loss and
redemption. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have
created the perfect storm of entertainment with
the world premiere musical Bright Star.”
Diana Saenger, La Jolla Light

“It’s the best new musical I have
seen in a LONG time!”
Kimberly Cunningham, San Diego Magazine

From award-winning screenwriter and playwright Steve Martin (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Roxanne) and chart-topping singer-songwriter Edie Brickell comes a world premiere American musical inspired by their Grammy Award-winning collaboration “Love Has Come For You.” Bright Star features 25 new songs and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives. Tony Award-winning director Walter Bobbie (Broadway’s Chicago) makes his Globe debut with this entertaining musical of enduring love, family ties, and the light of forgiveness that shines from a bright star.

Cast

Daddy Murphy

Stephen Lee Anderson

recently appeared in Richard III at The Old Vic in London and at Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Bridge Project directed by Sam Mendes. He has appeared in 10 Broadway productions including Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Julius Caesar, Wicked, The Crucible, Footloose, The Capeman, and The Kentucky Cycle. His Off Broadway credits include Violet and Floyd Collins (Playwright Horizons) and productions at Atlantic Theater Company, Vineyard Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club. He has performed regionally at La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company (IRNE Award for Best Supporting Actor (Drama) for Bus Stop), Signature Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and seven seasons with Denver Center Theatre Company. His film and television credits include The Treatment, “Orange Is the New Black,” “Those Who Kill,” “Unforgettable,” “Law & Order,” and “Autopsy 5” (HBO).

Daddy Cane

Stephen Bogardus

appeared at the Globe last fall as Friar Laurence in The Last Goodbye. He has appeared on Broadway in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Old Acquaintance, Man of La Mancha, James Joyce’s The Dead, High Society, Love! Valour! Compassion!, King David, Falsettos, The Grapes of Wrath, Les Misérables, and West Side Story (1980 revival). His Off Broadway work includes Passion (Classic Stage Company), The Pavilion (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Go Back to Where You Are, Falsettoland, and March of the Falsettos (Playwrights Horizons), and Love! Valour! Compassion! (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regionally he has appeared in God of Carnage (Huntington Theatre Company), The Exorcist (Geffen Playhouse), M. Butterfly (Arena Stage), and 80 Days (La Jolla Playhouse). His national tour credits include Show Boat, City of Angels, and Chess. He has been seen on television in “The Big C,” “Smash,” “Monk,” all three “Law & Order” series, and “Without a Trace.” His film credits include Julie & Julia, Little Ones, States of Control, and Love! Valour! Compassion!

Ensemble

Allison Briner

Allison Briner was part of the original cast of The Old Globe’s New York workshop of Bright Star. Her national tour and Broadway credits include Mamma Mia!, Follies, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Titanic, and Les Misérables. Her Off Broadway credits include Forbidden Broadway, Listen to My Heart, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Song of Singapore, Forbidden Hollywood, and Pete ’n’ Keely. She has performed at numerous regional theatres such as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her television credits include “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “The Carrie Diaries,” “All My Children,” and “One Life to Live.” Briner is a principal performer in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s production of Pops Goes Vegas!, touring symphony halls across the U.S. and Canada. Her future projects include Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Ensemble

Max Chernin

is making his Globe debut. His New York credits include Really Bad Things (New York Musical Theatre Festival) and World Famous (Theater for the New City). His readings and workshops include Brooklynite (New York Stage and Film), Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York (Vineyard Theatre), The Underclassman (Prospect Theater Company), Fall Springs (Ars Nova), and Darling (Weston Playhouse). Chernin has been featured in concerts at The Town Hall, 54 Below, and Joe’s Pub. He trained at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.

Mama Murphy

Patti Cohenour

recently appeared as Charlotte in A Room with a View (The 5th Avenue Theatre) and in her critically acclaimed portrayal of Margaret in The Light in the Piazza (South Coast Repertory). She has originated the Broadway roles of Signora Naccarelli/Margaret (alternate) in The Light in the Piazza, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (also in Canada), Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (also in London), and Mary Jane in Big River. Her additional credits include Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!), Magnolia in Hal Prince’s Show Boat, Mimi in La Bohème, and Isabel/Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance (New York Shakespeare Festival), and Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir (Seattle’s A Contemporary Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre). She’s a recipient of a Tony Award nomination, two Drama Desk Award nominations, a Jeff Award nomination, Actors’ Equity Association’s Clarence Derwent Award, a Theatre World Award, and a 2013 Gregory Award for her work in 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT’s co-production of Grey Gardens.

Alice Murphy

Carmen Cusack

recently played the Mother in Ragtime at Milwaukee Repertory Theater and received a Jeff Award nomination for Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Her other theatre credits include Lynn Gardner in Carrie (MCC Theater), her Helen Hayes Award-nominated portrayal of Nellie Forbush in Broadway/Lincoln Center Theater’s national tour of South Pacific, and Elphaba in Wicked (Chicago, first national tour, and Melbourne, Australia). Her West End credits include Chesty Prospects in Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, Eva Cassidy in Over the Rainbow (U.K. and Ireland), Fantine in Les Misérables, Rose in The Secret Garden (Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, and West End), Kim in Personals, and Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. Prior to her West End career, Cusack studied opera performance at the University of North Texas. In her downtime she plays and writes music and is embarking on her first original album this year.

Mayor Josiah Dobbs

Wayne Duvall

is glad to be back at The Old Globe having last performed at the theatre in the musical revival of Working directed by Gordon Greenberg. His other theatre credits include Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill directed by Michael Kahn, Bonnie & Clyde directed by Jeff Calhoun (La Jolla Playhouse, Asolo Repertory Theatre), Of Thee I Sing directed by John Rando (City Center Encores!), On the Wing directed by Seth Barrish, and Happy Days - A New Musical directed by Garry Marshall. His film highlights include Prisoners, Lincoln, Edge of Darkness, Duplicity, Pride and Glory, Leatherheads, In the Valley of Elah, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Hard Rain, My Fellow Americans, and Apollo 13, as well as the upcoming Hello, My Name Is Frank, Greater and West End. His television credits include about 100 guest starring roles including four years as Sgt. Phil Brander on “The District” (CBS) and recurring roles on “The Leftovers” and “The Good Wife.” He is a member of The Actors Center Workshop Company.

Margo Crawford

Hannah Elless

made her Broadway debut in the revival of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell, followed by a very “Neil Diamond” turn in the Drama Desk-nominated The Other Josh Cohen under the direction of Tony Award winner Ted Sperling. She was last seen starring as Elise McKenna in the new musical Somewhere in Time at Portland Center Stage. Her television and film credits include Fox Television’s “Glee,” Before Winter, The Lake Effect, and About Face. Elless has headlined many readings, workshops, and concerts in New York City including performances at Birdland, 54 Below, Café Carlyle, Lincoln Center, and many more. She is also an accomplished musician, playing over six different instruments.

Swing

Paige Herschell

has been seen as Natalie in Next to Normal, Amalia in She Loves Me, and Gabriella in Boeing-Boeing (Heritage Theatre Festival), Beverly in Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (Kentucky Shakespeare Festival), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Renaissance Theatre), Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Thin Air Theatre Company), and Johanna in Sweeney Todd and Polly in The Threepenny Opera (NESA Theatre). She also originated the role of Elnora in the Los Angeles Musical Works production of Limberlost: The Musical and performed as a soloist for Broadway Comes to Pasadena: World AIDS Day. Some of her television credits include “Vegas,” “The Mindy Project,” “90210,” and “The Middle.” Herschell has studied with Yale University School of Drama and holds a B.F.A. from Shenandoah Conservatory.

Daryl Ames

Jeff Hiller

is a comedian most often seen at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Los Angeles, including performing with Baby Wants Candy and signature show ASSSSCAT. His stage credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (both on and Off Broadway), Nathaniel in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Trinculo in The Tempest (New York Shakespeare Festival), and Silence! The Musical (both Off Broadway and L.A. premiere). His regional credits include Li’l Abner and the premiere of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas. Hiller has appeared in the films Ghost Town, The Little Tin Man, Adam, Gayby, and Morning Glory. His television credits include “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Ugly Betty,” “Community,” “Psych,” “The McCarthys,” “The Hotwives of Orlando,” “Go On,” “Partners,” “Boiling Points,” and “Guiding Light”. Hiller recently created the web series “Long Distance,” which can be seen on YouTube.

Ensemble

Leah Horowitz

performed in the workshop of Bright Star in New York in February and is delighted to continue with the show at The Old Globe. Her Broadway credits include Young Heidi in the recent revival of Follies, singing “One More Kiss”(also at The Kennedy Center and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles), Cosette in Les Misérables, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Woman in White, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her other New York credits include The Most Happy Fella, Evelyn in Merrily We Roll Along, and Where’s Charley? (City Center Encores!). Regionally she has been seen as Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Great Lakes Theater), Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof (Music Circus), Magnolia in Show Boat (The Muny, Kevin Kline Award nomination), and Cosette in Les Misérables (Theatre Under The Stars, The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, and The Muny). Her television credits include The Sound of Music Live! (NBC) and Carousel with “Live from Lincoln Center” (PBS).

Ensemble

Joe Jung

is proud to make his Globe debut. He appeared in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at The Public Theater and on Broadway and recently toured the country with the Stephen King/John Mellencamp musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. His New York credits include H4 (Clurman Theatre), MichaelIan Black’s My Custom Van, Shel’s Shorts, and Language of Angels (Project: Theater), and The Nightingale and the Rose (Metropolis Opera Project). His regional credits include Siddhartha, Assassins, and Floyd Collins (Berkshire Theatre Group) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Translations, and Red Noses (Connecticut Repertory Theatre). Jung is the Artistic Director of Project: Theater, where he directed The Secretaries and J.B. along with the world premieres of Occupation and Mangella. He also contributes to the monthly performance series Our Bar. As a musician, Jung enjoys building cigar box instruments, has recorded three solo albums, and plays regularly with his jug band, The Salt Cracker Crazies.

Swing

Lulu Lloyd

is a San Diego native and is thrilled to be making her Globe debut. She has appeared Off Broadway in God’s Country (York Theatre Company, Signature Theatre Company, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2013), Mother Jones and the Children’s Crusade (The Pearl Theatre Company, NYMF 2014), and Pure Country (Playwrights Horizons). Some of her regional credits include Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde (Ovation Award nomination), Judy in 9 to 5, Missy in The Marvelous Wonderettes, Lizzie in Baby, Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ado Annie in Oklahoma!, and Louise Seger in Always...Patsy Cline. Her television credits include “A Crime to Remember” (Discovery Channel).

Lucy Grant

Kate Loprest

is honored to be making her Globe debut in Bright Star. Her Broadway credits include Allison in the original cast of First Date, Amber in Hairspray, Wonderland, Xanadu, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Her tour credits include Glinda/Nessarose understudy in Wicked and Nellie Oleson in Little House on the Prairie. She has been seen Off Broadway as Victoria in Under My Skin and Heather in Sistas. Her recent credits include Emma in Single Girls Guide (Capital Repertory Theatre) and Ellie in Show Boat (Washington National Opera). Her television credits include Corrine in “Boardwalk Empire,” “Running Wilde,” and“All My Children.” Go Blue!

Ensemble

Ashley Robinson

was recently seen as Tyler in Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End). He originated the role of Tybalt in The Last Goodbye, the Jeff Buckley/Romeo and Juliet musical (Williamstown Theatre Festival), as well as the role of Jett Rink in the world premiere of Giant (Helen Hayes Award nomination). His other theatre credits include Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic), Wicked (original Chicago cast), Juliet/Benvolio in Shakespeare’s R&J, Richard in Take Me Along, Lon in Meet Me in St. Louis, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Irish Repertory Theatre), Claude in Hair, the title role in Floyd Collins directed by Gerald Freedman, the world premiere of Studs Terkel’s The Good War, Feste in Twelfth Night, Lucky in Waiting for Godot (Lucky), and Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan. He also performed in Adam Guettel and Maria Friedman’s West End concert. His film and television credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Hate with Marcia Gay Harden, Fallen Souls, and The Accident. He trained at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Swing

Greg Roderick

is making his Globe debut. Roderick has appeared in South Pacific (Broadway/Lincoln Center Theater) and Ragtime (15th anniversary concert at LCT), as well as the national tours of LCT’s South Pacific, Parade directed by Harold Prince, and The Sound of Music. His Off Broadway credits include Barcode (New York International Fringe Festival), Is There Life after High School? (York Theatre Company), and The Butterfly (Making Books Sing at Mint Theater Company). He has appeared at numerous regional companies, including Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Muny, Atlanta’s Theatre of the Stars, Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and Northern Stage.

Ensemble

Sarah Jane Shanks

was last seen in the Off Broadway premiere of Far From Heaven at Playwrights Horizons. Prior to that, she often stepped in for Kristin Chenoweth in Promises, Promises on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include Shrek The Musical, The Apple Tree, Wicked, and Wonderful Town. She has appeared regionally as Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain (Goodspeed Musicals), Gloria Upson in Mame (The Kennedy Center), and in various projects at Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Musical Theatre Festival, New York City Center Encores!, and York Theatre Company. Shanks has also participated in developmental production workshops with The Weinstein Company, Roundabout Theatre Company, DreamWorks, and Centre Theatre Group.

Billy Cane

A.J. Shively

is making his Globe debut. He has been seen on Broadway in the most recent revival of La Cage aux Folles, where he originated the role of Jean-Michel, and in a concert staging of Brigadoon, where he sang the role of Charlie. Other credits include the national tour of The Sound of Music and the Off Broadway productions of February House (The Public Theater), A Contemporary American’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (Cherry Lane Theatre), Things to Ruin (Second Stage Theatre), and Little Airplanes of the Heart (The Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regionally, he has appeared at Center Stage, George Street Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. He has worked on developmental projects for DreamWorks Theatricals, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Center Theatre Group, New York Musical Theatre Festival, and New York International Fringe Festival. His film credits include Syrup, HairBrained, and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Shively holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan.

Ensemble

Scott Wakefield

has appeared on Broadway in Hands on a Hardbody, Ring of Fire, and It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. His Off Broadway credits include The Joy Luck Club, The American Clock, Howling at the Moon, and Still Getting My Act Together. His regional performances include Millet in Fuddy Meers, Camille in A Flea in Her Ear, Victor in The Price, Kruger in The Front Page, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Louis DeRougemont in Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Michael in Dancing at Lughnasa, and others at such prestigious venues as Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, and Alliance Theatre. Wakefield garnered three Best Actor awards for his portrayal of Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies and another Best Actor award for playing Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Wakefield has written and produced two CDs of original music: Older Than Dirt and Vegetarian Nightmare.

Jimmy Ray Dobbs

Wayne Alan Wilcox

is happy to be a part of Bright Star. He’s been all over the place, and oh, the places he has been. He’d love to tell you all about it. Just to name a few: Chaplin directed by Warren Carlyle, The Normal Heart (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Coram Boy, all on Broadway. His Off Broadway and other theatre credits include Suddenly Last Summer (Roundabout Theatre Company), Carrie (MCC Theater), The Great American Trailer Park Musical, A Death in the Family, The Importance of Being Earnest with Lynn Redgrave, The Full Monty with Elaine Stritch, The Last Five Years, The Light in the Piazza, The Sisters Rosensweig, and A Man of No Importance (Lincoln Center Theater). His film and television credits include Under directed by Mark Raso, “Wallflowers,” Rent directed by Chris Columbus, Interview directed by Steve Buscemi, and “Gilmore Girls,” to name a few. Love you Grandaddy, Grandma.

Dora Murphy

Libby Winters

debuted on Broadway as part of the original cast of Green Day’s American Idiot, later taking over the role of Extraordinary Girl. She played Sophie in the Las Vegas production of Mamma Mia! Her regional credits include American Idiot (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and White Noise (New York Musical Theatre Festival). Her television credits include the role of Suzanne on Lisa Cholodenko’s upcoming HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, “Smash” (NBC), and “Champs” (ABC/Dreamworks). Her recent films include My Man is a Loser (Lionsgate), Dreaming American, and Casual Encounters. She has been seen in the New York workshops of Bright Star, If/Then, American Psycho, Regina Spektor’s Beauty, American Idiot, and White Noise. Her past performances in New York include shows at the Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Knitting Factory, Glasslands, Pianos, Joe’s Pub, and Cake Shop. In L.A. she has played Silverlake Lounge and The Roxy.

Team

Music, Lyrics, Original Story

Edie Brickell

Following the multi-platinum success of her debut album with New Bohemians, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars in 1988, and then Ghost of a Dog, Brickell settled down and delighted in the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom. She has since written and recorded albums produced by guitar hero Charlie Sexton, as well as The Gaddabouts, a collaboration with legendaries Steve Gadd, Andy Fairweather Low, and Pino Palladino. And she still loves to play and record with her old friends in New Bohemians. Additionally, Brickell began her Song of the Day project in April 2012, writing and posting a song—which she recorded live into her phone—to her website daily for two years. Brickell’s most recent work, a rootsy, 13-track collaboration with Steve Martin titled Love Has Come For You, was released to widespread acclaim. The title track won the Grammy for Best American Roots Song. The album combines Martin’s five-string banjo work with Brickell’s distinctive, slightly Southern-sounding vocals. It’s this success that led Brickell and Martin to collaborate yet again, this time on the musical Bright Star.

Music, Book, Original Story

Steve Martin

is one of the most acclaimed and beloved talents in entertainment. His work has earned numerous honors including an Academy Award, five Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. Martin began his career on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (1967-1969), for which he earned his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music in 1969. In the mid-1970s, Martin shone as a stand-up on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Martin’s films are widely popular successes and are the kind of movies that are viewed again and again: The Jerk (1979), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Roxanne (1987), Parenthood (1989), L.A. Story (1991), Father of the Bride (1991), and Bowfinger (1999). As an author, Martin’s work includes the novel An Object of Beauty; the play Picasso at the Lapin Agile; a collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel; a bestselling novella, Shopgirl; and his memoir, Born Standing Up. His writing has often appeared in The New Yorker. Martin is also an accomplished, Grammy Award-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and composer. In 2013, Martin released his third full-length album called Love Has Come For You, a unique collaboration with songwriter Edie Brickell. The remarkable album offers 13 eloquently rootsy compositions that combine Martin’s inventive five-string banjo work with Brickell’s distinctive vocals and vivid, detail-rich lyrics. Love Has Come For You won a Grammy for Best American Roots Song for the title track and inspired their new musical Bright Star.

Director

Walter Bobbie

is a director and actor. His production of the international hit Chicago is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. His other directing credits on Broadway and Off Broadway include Venus in Fur, The Landing, Golden Age, The School for Lies, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Submission, The Savannah Disputation, New Jerusalem, High Fidelity, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, and Footloose, as well as the City Center Encores! productions of Fiorello!, Tenderloin, Golden Boy, and No, No, Nanette and the Carnegie Hall concerts of South Pacific and Carousel. As an actor, Bobbie’s credits include the original Broadway production of Grease, A History of the American Film, I Love My Wife, Cafe Crown, Anything Goes, Getting Married, Driving Miss Daisy, Assassins, Guys and Dolls, Polish Joke, and last season’s On Your Toes at Encores! He has served as Artistic Director of City Center Encores! and on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Bobbie is the recipient of the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony Awards.

Choreographer

Josh Rhodes

has Broadway credits that include First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Award, and Drama Desk Award nominations). He choreographed Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sweeney Todd, and Sondheim! The Birthday Concert for the New York Philharmonic and PBS. His other stage credits include Working (The Old Globe, Broadway Playhouse in Chicago, and the Drama Desk Award-winning production at Prospect Theater Company in New York), John Kander’s The Landing (Vineyard Theatre), Broadway: Three Generations (The Kennedy Center), On the Town (Los Angeles Philharmonic), Annie Get Your Gun starring Patti LuPone (Ravinia Festival), Barnum (Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota Magazine Theater Award), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Helen Hayes Award nomination).

Musical Supervisor

Peter Asher

was born in London and began his career as a child actor. In 1964 he was one half of Peter & Gordon, who amassed nine Top 20 records, beginning with their global hit “A World Without Love.” In 1968 Asher was appointed head of A&R for The Beatles’s record company, Apple, where he found, signed, and produced James Taylor. In 1971 he founded Peter Asher Management, representing James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and more. He has produced 13 Grammy Award-winning recordings, and in 1977 and 1989 he won the Grammy for Producer of the Year. His recent projects include several soundtrack albums with Hans Zimmer; Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Love Has Come For You; and a production project with Elton John, with current artists like Ed Sheeran, Miguel, Hunter Hayes, and Fall Out Boy singing the songs from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Musical Director, Vocal Arrangements

Rob Berman

is an Emmy Award-winning, New York-based conductor and music director. He is the music director of Encores!, New York City Center’s acclaimed series of great American musicals in concert. In seven seasons there, he has conducted 18 productions, including Finian’s Rainbow, Merrily We Roll Along, and The Most Happy Fella. For eight years, Berman has been music director of “The Kennedy Center Honors” on CBS, for which he won the 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction. Berman’s many Broadway credits as a conductor include the revivals of Wonderful Town and The Pajama Game, the stage adaptation of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and revivals of Finian’s Rainbow, The Apple Tree, and Promises, Promises. Berman was music director of “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House,” which aired on PBS, and he has conducted 10 original cast recordings.

Scenic Design

Eugene Lee

holds B.F.A. degrees from the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, an M.F.A. from Yale University School of Drama, and three honorary doctorates. He has been the production designer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” since 1974 and also designed the new “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” He has received the Tony Award, Emmy Award, American Theatre Wing’s Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Pell Award, and Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence. He is a recent inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame in New York. Lee is currently represented on Broadway by the musical Wicked. His recent New York work includes A Streetcar Named Desire, Glengarry Glen Ross, My Name Is Asher Lev, and The Velocity of Autumn. His films include Francis Ford Coppola’s Hammett, Danny Huston’s Mr. North, Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street, and Jonathan Demme’s A Master Builder. He lives with his wife, Brooke, in Providence, where they raised their two sons.

Costume Design

Jane Greenwood

has designed more than 125 productions on Broadway including The Assembled Parties, A View from the Bridge, Harvey, A Moon for the Misbegotten, James Joyce’s The Dead, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Plenty, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Hamlet starring Richard Burton. Her credits at Lincoln Center Theater comprise 18 productions including Act One, Nikolai and the Others, Belle Epoque, A Man of No Importance, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, Two Shakespearean Actors, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Our Town, Oh, Hell, and Mr. Gogol and Mr. Preen. She will also design the upcoming Broadway production of You Can’t Take It With You. Her Off Broadway credits include The Garden of Earthly Delights, Vita & Virginia, Sylvia, and The Lisbon Traviata. Greenwood’s film credits include Arthur, The Four Seasons, 84 Charing Cross Road, and Glengarry Glen Ross. She has been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and received the 2014 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. She has also received an additional 18 Tony Award nominations and an Irene Sharaff Award. She is on the faculty of Yale University School of Drama.

Lighting Design

Japhy Weideman

previously designed the Globe productions of Bethany, The Rainmaker, and August: Osage County. His recent Broadway projects include Of Mice and Men (2014 Tony Award nomination) and Macbeth (Drama Desk Award nomination). His other Broadway credits include The Snow Geese with Mary Louise Parker, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Nance (2013 Tony nomination). Weideman’s other noted projects in New York include 4000 Miles (Lincoln Center Theater), What’s It All About (New York Theatre Workshop), Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company), and Jack Goes Boating with Phillip Seymour Hoffmanand The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (LAByrinth Theater Company). His other regional credits include American Conservatory Theater, Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Huntington Theatre Company, Santa Fe Opera, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Internationally, Weideman has designed at Edinburgh International Festival, London’s West End, Royal Shakespeare Company, Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, Greece, National Theater of Korea, La Scala in Milan, Opéra de Lyon, and De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. His awards and nominations for lighting design include Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Hewes Design, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, and San Diego Craig Noel Awards.

Sound Design

Nevin Steinberg

previously designed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Globe. His recent Broadway credits include Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony Award nomination), The Performers, and Magic/Bird. His recent Off Broadway credits include The Landing (Vineyard Theatre) and Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons). Steinberg is the Audio Consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. He worked on over 30 Broadway productions as a former founding principal of Acme Sound Partners and received five additional Tony nominations for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, and In the Heights.

Orchestrations

August Eriksmoen

has worked on the Broadway productions of First Date (orchestrations), Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway (additional orchestrations), The Addams Family (dance arrangements), Memphis (dance arrangements), Million Dollar Quartet (associate music supervisor), Ring of Fire (associate music director), All Shook Up (music director), and Rent (associate conductor). His Off Broadway credits include Bare (orchestrations), Romantic Poetry (orchestrations), Walmartopia (orchestrations/supervision), and Imperfect Chemistry (orchestrations/supervision). His television orchestration credits include the 2011 Billboard Music Awards and 2014 Tony Awards. He has created orchestrations for the touring and regional productions of Bull Durham, Kristin Chenoweth (in concert), Chita Rivera (in concert), Brother Russia, James and the Giant Peach, and All Shook Up (first national tour, dance arrangements/additional orchestrations). His other orchestration credits include Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Always...Patsy Cline, Honky Tonk Angels, Berlin, and Winnie the Pooh (Disney Junior).

Associate Choreographer

Lee Wilkins

performed in the Broadway productions of Elf (original cast), Spamalot, Wonderful Town, and Kiss Me, Kate. Most recently he was the associate choreographer on the Broadway productions of First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella as well as the upcoming Broadway revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He was also the associate choreographer on numerous shows including Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theatre), Company starring Neil Patrick Harris and Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (Avery Fisher Halland on PBS), and On the Town (Los Angeles Philharmonic). Thanks to Walter and, always, husband Josh.

Casting

Howie Cherpakov, CSA

cast the Broadway and national tour productions of Next Fall (2010 Artios Award nomination), The Seafarer, Coram Boy, Chicago (seven companies), Annie Get Your Gun, Dirty Dancing, and South Pacific. His Off Broadway and regional productions include Atomic and Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party (Acorn Theater), Marry Harry (American Theater Group), Dangerous Beauty (Pasadena Playhouse), Next Fall (Naked Angels/Peter Jay Sharp Theatre), Fault Lines (Cherry Lane Theatre, 2009 Artios Award), The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center Theater), This Isn’t Romance (Soho Theatre in London), Rock Doves (Irish Arts Center), The Opposite of Sex (Magic Theatre), Flight (Lucille Lortel Theatre), In This House (Melting Pot Theatre Company), and This is Our Youth. Additionally, Cherpakov has cast over 65 new plays and musicals for the Powerhouse Theater season at New York Stage and Film, including the 2013 Artios-nominated world premiere of Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff.

Stage Manager

Anjee Nero

has previously worked on the Globe productions of Dog and Pony, The Winter’s Tale, Be a Good Little Widow, Allegiance – A New American Musical, A Room with a View, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, The Savannah Disputation, Cornelia, Kingdom, and the 2007 Shakespeare Festival. Her selected La Jolla Playhouse credits include Sideways directed by Des McAnuff, Ruined directed by Liesl Tommy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Christopher Ashley, Herringbone directed by Roger Rees and starring BD Wong, and The Seven. Nero has worked with several prominent regional theatres including Center Theatre Group, SITI Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and more. Her other selected credits include Schick Machine (Paul Dresher Ensemble), which has toured nationally and internationally, Dream Report (Allyson Green Dance featuring Lux Borreal), and Garden of Forbidden Loves and Garden of Deadly Sound (IMAGOmoves), which toured to the International Hungarian Theatre Festival in Cluj, Romania.

Assistant Stage Manager

Jess Slocum

previously worked at The Old Globe on Buyer & Cellar, Bright Star, Othello, Water by the Spoonful, The Winter’s Tale, A Doll’s House, Pygmalion, A Room with a View, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, the 2011-2013 Shakespeare Festivals, Rafta, Rafta…, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Alive and Well, Sammy, Cornelia, Since Africa, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Glass Menagerie. Her Broadway credits include In the Heights. Her regional credits include Side Show, Ruined, The Third Story, Memphis, and Most Wanted (La Jolla Playhouse) and Post Office (Center Theatre Group). Her San Diego credits include Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, North Coast Repertory Theatre, and Lamb’s Players Theatre. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Assistant Stage Manager

Kendra Stockton

previously worked at The Old Globe as an assistant stage manager on Bright Star and Dog and Pony, as well as a production assistant on The Few and the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. She also recently assistant stage managed La Jolla Playhouse’s productions of The Orphan of Zhao and The Who and the What. Her additional production assistant credits include The Darrell Hammond Project, Sideways, A Lonely Boy’s Guide to Survival (And Werewolves), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), as well as Godspell and Memphis (Broadway).

Thursday, October 16
An evening for gay and lesbian theatre lovers and the whole LGBT community. This event includes a hosted wine and martini bar, delicious appetizers, door prizes, and a pre-show mixer. Everyone is welcome. Just $20 per person in addition to your theatre ticket. Call to RSVP at (619) 23-GLOBE. All events start at 6:30 p.m.
When you select your seat, pick “Show + OUT event.”
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Saturday, October 11
After the matinee performance, explore the ideas and issues raised by the production through a brief, illuminating conversation with local experts, such as scientists, artists, historians, and scholars. Subject Matters will ignite discussion, bring the play's concerns into sharp focus, and encourage you to think beyond the stage!